Game-board.



J. R. PETTIT.

GAME BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED APR.16,1912. RENEWED MAY 4, 1914.

1,1 1 9,870, Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

WITNESSES 3% 4 PM I 1/ l/Vl/E/VTO M a @MC ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOHN R. PETTIT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO GEORGEDAVIDSON, OF MADISON, NEW JERSEY.

GAME-BOARD Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed April 15, 1912, Serial No. 690,768. Renewed May 4,1914. Serial No. 836,356.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN R. Pn'r'rrr, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough ofManhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have madeand invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Boards, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved game board, particularly adapted foruse in play ing the game of checkers, and such as may be within a coverto avoid danger of the same becoming lost when the board is not in use,and with these and other ends in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts as will behereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of theboard constructed in accordance with my improvement and illustrating thesame provided with squares, each of which has formed therein an openingor receptacle to receive the piece or man; Fig. 2 is a view of areceptacle adapted for use in connection with the board either as acover or for use as a guard to prevent the men from falling off of theboard when the latter is in use; Fig. 3 is a view showing several of themen or pieces for use in playing the game of checkers; Fig. 4 is asectional view showing the board containing several pieces and thereceptacle placed thereon to serve as a cover when the board is not inuse; Fig. 5 is a view in perspective showing the board arranged withinthe receptacle when ready for use.

Referring to the drawings, A re resents a board rectangular in form ando a size to adapt it to be conveniently carried in the pocket, in orderthat it may be used at all times desired, as, for instance, duringtraveling, the board being made of any desired material, such as metal,wood, fiber, hard rubber, etc, and it may be made solid, or if desired,made hollow, as illustrated in Fig. 4. As the board is particularlyadapted for playing the game of checkers, it is marked off into a numberof light and dark squares.

with a shoulder or flange 0 to prevent the piece from being insertedinto the board or block A too far. These pieces? E have the ends formedof cone-shape in order to facilitate the entrance of the same into theopenings D, those portions immediately adjacent the flange 0 beingpreferably made straight in order to fit tightly in said openings D toprevent the accidental disengagement there of from the board. Todistinguish the two sets of pieces I prefer to have one set painted orstained of a light color, and the other set painted or stained of a darkor contrasting color. Furthermore, each of the pieces at one end isprovided with a ball or knob f, but of a size or diameter sufficientlysmall to allow that respective end of the piece to be inserted in theopening D, the end of the piece provided with a knob or ball beingintended to represent a king.

From the foregoing it will be understood that when the pieces arearranged in the openings D to represent men the end provided with theball or knob Wlll be mserted within the block as illustrated in 9 Fig.4, at the left thereof, and when the piece is intended to represent aking it will be inserted in the opening as illustrated at the right inFig. 4, that is, with the end of the piece uppermost which has the ballor knob formed thereon.

When the board is not in use the parts will be arranged as illustratedin Fig. 4, that is, with the pieces E inserted in the openings D and thereceptacle F illustrated in perspective in Fig. 2used as a cover,thereby retaining the pieces E in engagement with the board A. Thisreceptacle F is preferably made of pasteboard and of a shapecorresponding to that of the board A, the sides G being of suficientheight to inclose the edges 0; of the board A. When the board A is inuse the receptacle 1F will be reversed, and the board A placed thereinas illustrated in Fig. 5, the sides Gr of the receptacle F extendingsomewhat above those of the board A and acting as a flange ,or guard forthe latter to prevent the men from rolling oil of said board should theybecome disengaged therefrom.

From the above description it will be seen that the device isexceedingly simple and can be manufactured at a small cost; that theconstruction of the pieces is such that they may be assembled with theboard, either end uppermost, to represent men or kings and that thereceptacle F may be employed either as a cover when the board is not inuse or as a part of said board when the latter is in use.

it am aware that it is not new to construct a board marked 05 into aseries or several series of squares and provided with openings toreceive the men or pieces and hence I make no claim to such; but

1.. A game board of the character described comprising a board properprovided with openings game pieces reversible in said openings andprojecting above and beneath the surface of the board, the length of theprojecting portions of said pieces corresponding approximately with thethickness of the board; and a receptacle adapted to contain said boardand thereby serve as a cover therefor when the same is not in use and asa guard when the board is in use, the depth of said cover correspondingapproximately with the thickness of the board plus the length of theportions of said end pieces which project above the surface of theboard.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an integral game piece having twooppositely extending conical portions and a projecting flange extendingabout the piece at its middle portion and adjacent the bases of saidconical portions, the free ends of said piece being shaped dissimilarly.

Signed at New York, borough of Manhat tan, in the county of New York andState of New York, this 13th day of April, A. D. 1912 JUHN ItPlElllll'lF.

Witnesses:

Susan M. Wrnroucnmr, Josnrrr BRUGGER

